Rein-holder.



E. F. CHAMBERS.

REIN HOLDER.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1912.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

ERNEST FREEMAN CHAMBERS, 0F OXFORD CENTRE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

REINQHOLDER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed May 3, 1912. Serial No. 694,824.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST F. CHAMBERS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Oxford Centre, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in rein holders for vehicles.

In carrying out the invention it is my purpose to provide a rein holder comprising an attaching portion upon which is mounted the spring arms comprising the rein holder proper, the connection between the arms and the attaching portion being such as to permit of the arms being swung to any desired angle and to be retained at the said angle.

With the above object in view and others of a similar nature which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel'construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement showing the same in applied position upon the dash board of a buggy, the dotted lines indicating the various angles at which the arms may be sustained. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the device. Fig. 3 is a face view of the lower or attaching portion. Fig. 1 is a similar view of the arms.

Referring now to the drawings in detail the numeral 1 designates what I term the sustaining member for the device. This member may be of any desired shape and proportion and is formed with a plurality of openings for the reception of securing elements, such as nuts and bolts, as illustrated in the drawing. The member 1 is provided with a circular head 2, the inner face of which being grooved or corrugated as designated by the numeral 3. The head 2 is centrally provided with an opening 4, the

purpose of which will be presently explained.

The numerals 5 designate the resilient arms for the device. These arms are inclined away from each other adjacent their edges and the extremities of the said arms are preferably curved in opposite directions. The arms may, if desired, comprise a pair of separable members, as illustrated in the drawing, the said members being connected through the medium of suitable bolts 6, or the arms may be formed by slitting a single piece of resilient metal if desired. One of the members comprising one of the arms and designated by the numeral 7 has its lower extremity formed with a substantially circular head 8 corresponding with the head 2 of the member 1, the inner face of the said head 8 being grooved or corrugated as designated by the numeral 9, and the head is centrally provided with an opening 10 which is adapted to register with the opening 4, the alining openings being adapted for the reception of a bolt 11 having a thumb nut 12 engaging the threaded portion thereof. The corrugations in the faces of the heads 2 and 8 are adapted to form interlocking members between the said heads, and it will be readily noted that by unscrewing the thumb nut 12 the arms 5 will be inclined with relation to the member 1 and by rescrewing the said thumb nut 12 upon the bolt 11, the said arms will be eifectively retained at an inclination.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is A rein holder comprising a flat sustaining member provided with a right angularly arranged head having radially disposed depressions, a second member also provided with a head having radial depressions and adapted to coact with the depressions of the first mentioned head, adjust-able means for securing the heads, said second mentioned vmember including an arm which is fiat and straight for a port-ion of its length and has its outer end bent outwardly and its extremity curved inwardly, a second arm,

said second arm being straight and flat for the major portion of its length and having one of its ends bent outwardly and the extremity of the said end curved inwardly,.

removable securing elements for the two arms adapted to force the fiat faces of the arms above the securing elements into frictional contact, and the second mentioned arm when arranged upon the first mentioned I arm adapted to have its free end disposed 10 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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